This is a conspiracy theory. There is no evidence that this is true. Please stop spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories as if they were facts.
I know it's cool to not like Google and whatever, but I would hope that we can at least discuss facts on this website and not just sling FUD around.
Can you provide any detailed technical information that proves that Google intentionally crippled this new API for nefarious purposes?
Just to be clear, I am a long term Firefox user and probably will continue to use it. I just want to see some real proof for these claims.
The idea of an unprivileged content blocker sounds attractive to me, and considering how much effort Google puts into security on Chrome I don't think it's far fetched that this change is for security purposes.
Chrome was the first browser (afaik) to support running extensions with limited privileges, and I'm sure people were originally upset by this, but today it's clear that this was the right choice and massively increased browser security for the majority of users.
> Can you provide any detailed technical information that proves that Google intentionally crippled this new API for nefarious purposes?
This is not a technical decision by google, it is business strategy.
No company publically publishes strategy meeting notes, so asking for them is not a reasonable argument. Of course they are not public and anyone who was present at the meetings is under heavy NDAs.
SquareWheel|3 years ago
chlorion|3 years ago
I know it's cool to not like Google and whatever, but I would hope that we can at least discuss facts on this website and not just sling FUD around.
Can you provide any detailed technical information that proves that Google intentionally crippled this new API for nefarious purposes?
Just to be clear, I am a long term Firefox user and probably will continue to use it. I just want to see some real proof for these claims.
The idea of an unprivileged content blocker sounds attractive to me, and considering how much effort Google puts into security on Chrome I don't think it's far fetched that this change is for security purposes.
Chrome was the first browser (afaik) to support running extensions with limited privileges, and I'm sure people were originally upset by this, but today it's clear that this was the right choice and massively increased browser security for the majority of users.
jjav|3 years ago
This is not a technical decision by google, it is business strategy.
No company publically publishes strategy meeting notes, so asking for them is not a reasonable argument. Of course they are not public and anyone who was present at the meetings is under heavy NDAs.